In addition to the remnants of the Yellow Turban Party, a large number of peasant armies have appeared in their own ways, killing officials and seizing cities, causing mourning all over the wilderness, and the people are not able to make a living. Those people who were already poor were forced to leave their homes, and countless people abandoned their wives and daughters. In order to survive, some people sell the little girl in the family to a rich and noble family as a slave from the age of seven or eight, or sell them directly into the Qinglou.

In the face of this troubled era, Liaodong County and Liaoxi County under Zu Zhao's rule were very peaceful, no thieves dared to make trouble, and other people in Youzhou counties fled to Zu Zhao's jurisdiction, which allowed Zu Zhao to vigorously develop agriculture and replenish food. Gongsun Chan and other warlike people often provoked the northern barbarians, and there were wars from time to time. In the battle, rushing back and forth, there are victories and defeats, but Gongsun Chan has always been brave, and there are naturally more victories. It's a pity that he has caused internal and external troubles, and many times he can't take care of the front and back.

Zu Zhao saw Gongsun Zan like this, and in the name of his assistance, he sent troops many times to strengthen his military strength. Among them, fighting side by side with Zhao Zilong has enhanced a deeper friendship. I think that when the two met before, they were called brothers, and now they have the opportunity to fight side by side, heroes cherish heroes, and friendship is self-evident.

One day, the northern barbarians launched an attack, Gongsun Zhan had an arrow wound on his body, but he still had to fight, Zu Zhao and Zhao Yun persuaded each other to die, let him take care of his body, this is just a few thieves, and he doesn't need to make a move, as long as they go, they will be able to catch it.

Zu Zhao is naturally a little worried about Gongsun Zhan's injury, it is recorded in history that this guy almost died in battle several times, and when he fought with the northern barbarians, he rose up again, and the lone army ascended, fell into the enemy's ambush, and finally escaped under the desperate protection of Zhao Yun, and was seriously injured.

Zu Zhao thought about it, isn't this what happened not long ago, it's just that his name is not recorded in history, you must know that Lu Dao is that he and Zhao Yun charged into battle together to rescue Gongsun Zhan, and his own credit is not weaker than Zhao Yun's, and it is his light armored cavalry that has made great contributions and blocked the enemy's pursuit, which can save Gongsun Zhan from escaping.

Although Zu Zhao knew that if he kept Gongsun Zhan, he would have to fight with this guy sooner or later, but now he really didn't want Gongsun Chan to die so early, after all, he was a tyrant here, and the northern barbarians were also very afraid of him, keeping him here could be regarded as an important military point in Youzhou, if he died, he would be replaced by another person, it would be more troublesome for him, and now Youzhou is chaotic enough, he doesn't want to go on like this.

The so-called is a cold lip and a cold tooth, if the counties of Youzhou fall one after another, then his Liaodong County and Liaoxi County will not be guaranteed sooner or later, so now Gongsun Chan can't die, and if he wants to die, he will kill Gongsun Du's thief, and he can only die when he officially fights with Gongsun Chan, and now he is dead, which is not good for the situation.

"My lord, now that little thief, we can exterminate them when we go forward, and ask the adults to recuperate here, and after their injuries are healed, wouldn't it be nice to kill them without leaving a piece of armor." Zu Zhao said.

Zhao Yun also hurriedly said: "Brother Zu Zhao is right, my lord, you still recuperate in the city, and when we go, we will definitely arrest their leaders and let you dispose of them." ”

Gongsun Chan was very happy when he saw that Zu Zhao and Zhao Yun were in high spirits, so he nodded and agreed to them, and let them go with five thousand elite soldiers to meet the enemy.

Zhao Yun said: "You don't need 5,000, Brother Zu Zhao and I will each bring 1,000 people, and we will definitely be able to kill them all." ”

Gongsun Zanzhi said that Zhao Yun was brave, and although Zu Zhao was powerless, this kid had a lot of flowers, and to put it bluntly, he was a military strategist who was very accomplished, so let the two of them go together, but there was really no one who could resist it. Especially the army brought by Zu Zhao was brave and good at fighting, so that the enemy wanted to retreat when he saw it, and his ability to pursue and kill was extremely strong, and his ability to break off was unmatched.

However, Gongsun Chan was still a little uneasy, and said: "The spies reported that they have 30,000 horses, all of which are very powerful salvo elites, and you only bring 3,000 people and horses, but I am afraid that it will be a little difficult to win." ”

Zu Zhao said: "There are no longer many soldiers but fine, and they will not be brave but strategic." And Brother Zilong is brave and strategic, in the army of millions of people to take the enemy's head on the head of the X, we only need to use a little trick to lure the enemy into being fooled and kill the general, then they will definitely retreat and dare not fight again. ”

Zhao Yun was very happy when he heard Zu Zhao praise himself like this. Gongsun Zan was also happy in his heart, after all, Zhao Yun was the number one warrior under him, and said: "A good soldier is no longer more but fine, and he will not be brave but strategic." Okay, take 3,000 soldiers and horses, and let the barbarians see what our bravery is. ”

Zu Zhao and Zhao Yun took the order and came out with 3,000 soldiers and horses to lead the station. At this moment, an outer city has been captured, and the defenders have retreated to a small city, surrounded by barbarian soldiers, and they are in danger. Zhao Yun saw it from afar and asked Zu Zhao: "What plan do you have to break the enemy?" ”

Zu Zhao looked at it and said: "It is not difficult to break the enemy, brother, please see, the enemy's troops are more in the east and less in the west, they are concentrating their important forces to attack the east, and the west is just symbolically waving the flag and shouting, pretending to attack the city, so that the defenders of the east gate will divide the troops, so that the strength will be lost." I led an army and fought directly from the west, and when the enemy learned that reinforcements had arrived, they would have pulled the army from the east and supported the west, or they would leave the west alone and continue to attack the east gate, but they would not do so, because it would not mean much to them to get the city. They came to attack us, just to rob things, and they didn't think that they really wanted to fight our big man to take our land. Therefore, they will definitely bring the army to the aid of Simon. When the time comes, I will convoy, brother, you take the army to set up an ambush, I will take them in, and when the time comes, I will attack from both sides, don't care about anything, and take their generals directly, then the thieves will be defeated. ”

Zhang Yun said: "This plan is very good, I will take the troops to ambush, brother go, you must be careful, don't hurt yourself." ”

Zu Zhao said: "Brother Xie cares. I'll be careful, brother only needs to ambush a big one, and when the thief and military doctor come, you can directly rush down and take the head of the enemy's general. ”

Zhao Yun said with a smile: "He must be told that there will be no return." ”

After all the distribution was completed, Zu Zhao led 1,500 light cavalry straight to the west gate of the small city, and commanded the army to rush directly to kill. The thieves of the West Gate saw that there were reinforcements arriving, and they retreated directly without the slightest resistance, which was an accident of Zu Zhao, I thought that they would resist a little, let the enemy attack, and finally let the people from the East Gate come to support, but I didn't expect them to turn around and run away.

Zu Zhao secretly thought to himself, since this is the case, then attack directly to the east and see how they react. So he ordered the army to charge towards the east gate, but not to go deeper, but to watch the flag order. The soldier responded and followed Zu Zhao to rush over.

As soon as he rushed to the east gate, he saw that the enemy had given up the siege and directly surrounded him, surrounding Zu Zhao in the middle. Zu Zhao secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good, and he had fallen for the enemy's tricks. The general in front of him rushed out with a long knife and asked loudly: "Who is here, report your name?" ”

Zu Zhao thought in his heart, at this time, it is better not to report his name, and he is fighting the banner of Gongsun, but the enemy does not know who he is, and said: "I am Gongsun Zhan's younger brother Gongsun Ding, and I am specially ordered by my brother to take the head of your general back." Let your generals come out and fight me to the death. ”

The general said loudly: "I am the general of the Han Dynasty. Gongsun Chan actually has a younger brother named Gongsun Ding, why don't I know Lu Dao. Call your brother quickly, and I will kill him. ”

Zu Zhao smiled: "What kind of fungus do you kill, what do you need my brother to shoot, as long as I make a move, I can kill you, and I don't accept to fight." ”

The general roared, the sound shook the sky, it was really like thunder, Zu Zhao was shocked, Nima is much stronger than Zhang Fei's roar, the northerners eat a lot of meat, and they are really fat and powerful.

"Gongsun Xiaoer, I took your head first, and then went to ask for your brother Gongsun Zhan's head, and then hid from your Han Jiangshan." That will say.

Zu Zhao couldn't help laughing in his heart, what kind of fungus is this, it turned out to be a pus, let him be a general, he is joking with the lives of the soldiers of the army, such a little people want to occupy the territory of the Han Dynasty, it is really naïve and a little cute.

Seeing him rushing up, Zu Zhao also brandished a spear and rushed over, after less than twenty rounds of fighting, Zu Zhao pretended to be defeated, and rushed out of the army with his army, and ran to the place where Zhao Yun was ambushed without heading, and the soldiers among them threw away two flags to tempt the enemy.

The pus-filled general really commanded the army to rush and kill. Seeing that Zu Zhao did not look back and fled hungry, the general continued to pursue. Ma Zhuang in the north soon caught up, Zu Zhao saw it, and the killing will come back. After less than twenty rounds, he was defeated again, and so on several times, finally lured the enemy into the ambush circle.

As soon as the general rushed in with a few hundred cavalry, there was a sudden rush of rocks and firewood from behind, followed by countless oil bombs flying down, blocking the road of the army behind. Zu Zhao came back at this moment and said, "You stupid hat, suffer death." ”

When the general saw the ambush, he was also surprised in his heart, and was about to come to fight Zu Zhao, but he saw a general killed by the thorn, with a white helmet and white robe, holding a spear, it was Zhao Yun, and he roared: "Changshan Zhao Zilong is here again." As he spoke, he rushed straight over, killed two guards, and shot out again, stabbing the general under his horse in just one round.

There was another scuffle, and hundreds of enemies inside were all killed. Zhao Jun cut off the general's head and threw it away. When the barbarians saw that their generals had been killed, they threw away their armor and fled in all directions. Zu Zhao and Zhao Yun commanded the army to pursue and kill until they drove them back to their homeland, and then slowly withdrew their troops. Along the way, they won a great victory, killing the enemy from 30,000 to the army and nearly 20,000, while their cavalry only lost less than 100 men.

The siege of Gongsun Zhan was finally lifted, Zu Zhao also said goodbye and returned to Liaodong, Zhao Yun sent thousands of miles, and he couldn't wait to go with Zu Zhao. Zu Zhao also hinted that he wanted Zhao Yunlai to join him at any time. The two of them said goodbye to each other, needless to say.

Let's say that after Zu Zhao returned to Liaodong, he was relieved to engage in production. Suddenly, one day, Luoyang Cao Cao sent a letter, saying that the situation in Luoyang was turbulent and wanted Zu Zhao to discuss. Moreover, Zu Zhao's previous recital of the imperial court was also detained by the Ten Standing Attendants, and the relevant departments were not able to see it, and now He Jin has conspired with Dong, and the Ten Standing Servants took the opportunity to slander the Queen Mother, and He Jin is like fire and water.

Zu Zhao counted the time, and secretly shouted in his heart that it was not good, if the situation developed according to history, then He Jin's life would not be long, and at this time, it was time for him to go to Luoyang to show his face. So he prepared a carriage and a horse, and took the general Zhang Yuan to Luoyang together.

After a long journey, he finally arrived in Luoyang, Cao Cao had already picked up Zu Zhao and brought him into the palace to meet the general He Jin. He Jin had a good impression of Zu Zhao before, but now that he saw that Zu Zhao was coming, he was naturally full of welcome, and he heard that he had some unique views on the development of the current situation, so he took the opportunity to ask Zu Zhao, now that the Ten Constants are in power, and the Spirit Emperor is dead, what is his opinion.

Zu Zhao bluntly said that the Ten Standing Servants control internal affairs, although He Jin is a general, but if he openly interferes in internal affairs, it will let the Ten Standing Servants seize the handle, and now the means of the Ten Standing Servants are nothing more than to ask Li Xindi to further grasp the power. The current situation must not be disturbed, but it must not be moved.

"What does it mean not to move?!" As soon as He Jin heard that Zu Zhao seemed to have a good plan, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"The general should be cautious, never cross the thunder pool," Zu Zhao is bent on saving He Jin, "There is a way that the open gun is easy to dodge and the dark arrow is difficult to prevent, not to mention that the ten permanent servants are all villains who make power, if they take advantage of the loophole, I am afraid of a big disaster." ”

As soon as he heard Zu Zhao's words, the look on He Jin's face sank, he was in charge of the world, and he could still be afraid of the ten permanent servants? But a few geldings, how can they endure themselves? Although this ancestor Zhao is insightful, he does not occupy a high place, and his vision is limited, and he feels that he has to be afraid of the ten permanent servants. He felt a little disdainful of Zu Zhao in his heart.

However, disdain is disdain, this face will always be passable, and he only bowed his head and said: "It makes sense." ”

Zu Zhao and Yuan Shao both thought that He Jin had already listened to it, and they were slightly relieved.

After a few days, suddenly an edict came from the palace, saying that the Queen Mother wanted to see He Jin and let him enter the palace.

He Jin changed into his official uniform and wanted to go there, but just after passing the side hall, he saw Zu Zhao, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others standing in the flower hall, as if waiting for him.

He Jin frowned and asked them what was the matter.

After the three of them looked at each other, Cao Cao first stood up and hugged his fists and admonished: "General, this edict must not go to ......"

"The Queen Mother summoned me, why don't you go?!" He Jin stood with his hands in his hands, "So that they can give me the name of a king?" ”

"General, woe will come to you." Chen Lin, the chief bookkeeper, also conformed to Cao Cao's opinion. At the moment, they are actually quite thorough, and they know how to enter here and be more auspicious.

He Jin glanced at Chen Lin with some disdain: "What's the trouble?" ”

Yuan Shao saw that he was obsessed, so he stepped forward and said bluntly: "The matter of the general summoning foreign soldiers into Beijing has been announced, since the plan has been leaked, the ten permanent servants will definitely take action after learning about it, at this juncture, what will happen to the queen mother who favors the ten permanent servants to summon the general into the palace?" General, you have to think twice about what is at stake! ”

He Jin stared, but did not speak. He had also fought with the Ten Standing Servants before, and when the Spirit Emperor died, wasn't there nothing to do, what was there to be afraid of. What's more, now her daughter is still the queen mother, no matter how much she favors the ten permanent servants, can she still poison her biological father? !

"General," Zu Zhao glanced at He Jin's expression, and almost saw through his thoughts, "The Queen Mother is your closest relative to the General, so naturally she will not want to kill you, but the Ten Standing Servants are full villains, and they must have coaxed the Queen Mother to give an order first, saying that they want you to enter the palace and admit their mistakes to you, but what will happen after entering the palace is something that no one can predict." They can say that the white is black, they can deceive the superiors and the subordinates, and of course they can make a pitiful appearance to coax the queen mother, but they harbor evil intentions and want to put the general in danger. The dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, and that's a truth. ”

"Child's view!" He Jin's disdain for Zu Zhao finally revealed, "I am in charge of the world, and I have to be afraid of those few mad dogs without roots?" It's ridiculous! Liechen, you have worked hard in Liaodong, and you have been away from the court for a long time, and you don't know what this 'power of the world' means, even so, don't use this kind of standard in the market to measure people in high places. ”

Zu Zhao scolded his mother in his heart when he heard it, you He Jinben was also from the market, but now you look down on the market? ! He really wants to leave it alone now, if you are in a hurry to die, just hurry up and die, if you can, he even wants to kick He Jin behind him to help him.

This person was not like this before, but now after being contaminated with the power of the pinnacle, he has become so stubborn and self-serving, even if he dies, he will be regarded as his own death.

However, although Zu Zhao thought so, he couldn't really do it. He's here to change something. Although he also knows that chaos in the world is inevitable, but if he can buy time, he must fight as much as possible.

It is a dream to compete in Kyushu and win the world, but after so many ancestors, what he wants most now is actually to give the people a peaceful life and work, and do his best to save the living souls from being slaughtered by war - even if it is impossible, it is slower and later.

"The general is clear!" Zu Zhao hugged his fists and said, "The Ten Standing Servants have been brutalizing Zhongliang since the first emperor was there, and even if there is no need to talk about that method, the generals who want to be in the court also know it." Now the general, you hold the power in your hands, and you are the only biggest reliance of the queen mother, if the ten permanent servants want to control the government, then the general is a thorn in their side, and even the biggest obstacle on the road to power! If people have fifty percent of the benefits, they are willing to take risks; If you have ten percent of the interests, you dare to trample on all the rules and systems. General, what the Ten Standing Servants are staring at is the power of the world, do you think this is a few percent of the benefits?! They are no longer just mad dogs, but hungry wolves staring at the fat in the hands of the general! ”